Eli P. Ashmun

Eli Porter Ashmun (24 June 1770-10 May 1819) was a US Senator from Massachusetts from 12 June 1816 to 10 May 1818, succeeding Christopher Gore and preceding Prentiss Mellen. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Eli Porter Ashmun was born in Fort Edward, New York in 1770, and his family settled in Blandford, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. He was given legal training by Theodore Sedgwick, and he opened the first legal practice in Blandford. He served in the State Senate from 1808 to 1810, and he was elected to serve in the US Senate from 1816 to 1818, finishing Christopher Gore's term. He died in 1819, and his son George Ashmun would also enter into politics.